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Within the scope of this study, it has been tried to test the differences in the optimal portfolio caused by errors in calculation of the fundamental parameters such as mean, variance and covariance for every security in Markowitz's portfolio - selection model. The securities included in the BIST-100 index for the period of 253 months between December 31, 1999 and December 31, 2020 were taken as examples. In transactions, US Dollar prices for securities were used. The results showed that, regardless of risk tolerance, the errors due to averages were more important than the errors due to variance and covariance. Errors caused by variances are more important than errors due to covariances. As risk tolerance increases, in particular, errors due to average returns become even more important than the errors due to variance and covariance. The results obtained from the analyzes also indicated that as the risk tolerance increases, the errors arising from the mean returns, become more important than the errors due to the variances and covariances.