A city is an urban settlement with a particularly important status which differentiates it from a town.City is primarily used to designate an urban settlement with a large population. However, city may also indicate a special administrative, legal, or historical status.In the United States of America, "city" is primarily a legal term meaning an urban area with a degree of autonomy (i.e. a township), rather than meaning an entire large settlement (metropolitan area). Outside the United States, "city" implies an entire settlement or metropolitan area, although there are notable exceptions, e.g. the term City of London. In the UK, a city is a settlement with a charter ("letters patent") from the crown.

Bird flu has been detected among poultry in the northern Turkish city of Samsun on the Black Sea coast, the agriculture ministry said Sunday, but described the outbreak as small-scale.

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At least 19 people were killed in an explosion in Turkey's largest city of Istanbul on Thursday, Istanbul Governor Muammer Guler said.

For a longer day-out visit, go to see one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the ruins of Ephesus. It is a well-preserved classical city on the Mediterranean, and gives you a feeling of what life was like in Roman times. It is said that the Virgin Mary, at the end of her life, came to Ephesus accompanied by St. Paul. Also St. John is said

A passenger train derailed in central Turkey early Sunday, killing at least nine people and injuring dozens, due to a damaged rail, transportation authorities said. It was the nation's fifth major rail accident in less than four years. A crack in a track caused two cars to derail and roll over at a turn near the city of Kutahya, officials said.