Caglar is a friendly guy and helped me with tips throughout my stay. The apartment is cute and is very close to Istiklal street where there are many great restaurants and things to do. There’s a bar downstairs that can be lively on weekends but otherwise it was pretty quiet throughout my stay. It is 3 stories up, so those who don’t like walking should find another place (but if you’re staying in Taksim you’ll probably realize you’ll need to be walking a lot of hills anyways) lol. If I return to Istanbul I’d have no problems staying here again.