I stayed at Dogan's place for four weeks in July. The apartment is very well located in Changir. You can reach Taksim, Istiklal and a great range of Cihangir cafes and bars by walking for less than 15 minutes. Having said that, the apartment itself has problems. While the kitchen and living room are fine, the mattress in the bedroom is horrible. I had bruises after sleeping on it for two nights. My boyfriend and i ended up sleeping on the sofa beds in the living room. but the living room curtains are really old and thin so we would wake up to the sight of builders from the construction site opposite us. The bathroom, while spacious, has a very old bathtub and the bath curtain was not clean, I could see stains on it. The showerhead was broken. Instead of clean towels and linen being presented acceptably, when i arrived I found a clothes rack full of sheets and towels that feltreally hard and were clearly left there for at least a week. The towels smelled when I used them for the first time. I had to buy my own towel. The sheets werre also either stained or had holes.
Dogan was really nice and sent a cleaner immediately when I asked for one. Perhaps i wasnt a good match for th particular apartment. Maybe someone else would have no problems here. But there are some things - outlined above - that are objectively bad about it. And I've used Airbnb three times and know what the standards of cleanliness/basic facilities should be.
Great location. If you can bear the smell in the entrance of the building and bad sleep quality!