I've had am amazing stay at Yasar's lovely airbnb for a month! I felt very sad when I was leaving, it really felt like home. Whether you are looking to just stay for a few days or for long term (I especially recommend for long term) it's perfect.
Location: superb - love how it's both so close to Istiklal street but also very quiet at night! The first time you visit it might seem like a sketchy back alley but it's very safe. Lots of food around (I especially recommend Lades Menemen for breakfast if you like Menemen…so good!) Multiple grocery stores around (if you want something large carrefour is 5 min walk away). Taksim square metro station 5 min walk
Amenities:
- the kitchen is so well stocked it felt like I was at home… pots & pans/dishes&cups/cutleries/knives/condiments &spices/lentil pasta rice…
- Dishwasher, microwave, oven, kettle - all great, also a million different cleaning products
- MASSIVE TV with netflix included (you can also log into your youtube/apple TV/amazon prime account)
- Shower/hot water - works well, no issue, there is a process of learning how to turn on a switch to get hot water but its not hard
- There is AC and it works great
- Wifi is generally very good, sometimes it can go down, but it only happened once and Yasar was very responsive and got it fixed super quickly

Host: Yasar is the best! One quick note - he does not speak English, but I had no trouble just using google translate to communicate via airbnb or whatsapp. He is extremely responsive and literally responds to whatsapp a minute after I send them every time…

The only caveat: it is on 4th floor and there is no elevator - so if you have heavy luggage like me…it's gonna be challenging! But I'd argue worth all my effort ;)