p-TlGaSe 2 and Tl (1-x) , GaPr x Se 2 single crystals were grown by the modi¢ed Bridgman-Stockbarger method. The absorption measurements were carried out in p-TlGaSe 2 and TI (1-x) GaPr x Se 2 samples in temperature range 10^320 K with a step of 10 K. The phonon energies calculated for p-TlGaSe 2 , p-TI 0.999 GaPr 0.001 Se 2 and p-Tl 0.995 GaPr 0.005 Se 2 are 34.0 meV, 30.0 meV and 35.0 meV, respectively. At 300 K, the direct band gaps of p-TlGaSe 2 , p-Tl 0.999 GaPr 0.001 Se 2 and p-Tl 0.995 GaPr 0.005 Se 2 are 2.165 eV, 2.164 eVand 2.155 eV and the indirect band gaps are 2.110 eV, 2.122 eV and 2.128 eV, respectively. There is an abrupt change in the direct energy peak for p-TlGaSe 2 in the temperature ranges 230-250 K, for p-Tl 0.999 GaPr 0.001 Se 2 and p-Tl 0.995 GaPr 0.005 Se 2 in the temperature ranges 195-215 K. On the other hand, indirect energy peaks for p-Tl 0.999 GaPr 0.001 Se 2 and Tl 0.995 GaPr 0.005 Se 2 are in the temperature ranges 215-235 K.