Meral is an absolutely lovely host--the best I've had. Even though we communicated mostly through body language and Google Translate, she and her family were incredibly warm and generous toward me when I limped my way to Yenibosna after running the ultramarathon in Iznik. In less than 24 hours, Meral treated me to the best Turkish food I had during my entire stay in the country in multiple feasts, including midye dolma (mussels with aromatic rice stuffed and cooked in the shell, dressed with lemon juice), candied chestnuts from the Bursa region, local flatbread stuffed with spiced grain and cabbage and mint and rocket and something like a spicy oyster sauce, a massive Turkish breakfast, and traditional thick Turkish coffee with accompanying sweets. If you like food, Samoyed puppies, kids, or building local relationships, I highly recommend you stay with Meral.