A very nice studio apartment, as stated in the description and the photos. Check-in by Burak's father, Atilla. Very nice man and could not have been more helpful. Those are his painting in the apartment photos ;)
The apartment is very well equipped and I did not want for anything else. It is situated on the lower ground floor in a modern apartment block with a lift. This is a secure building and the front door of the apartment has double security locks. It also is ideally situated to explore Istanbul. Istanbul has a very good public transport system and the apartment is located halfway between Taksim Square, with its transport hub, and Kabatas with its transport hub.
The apartment is a stiff 12 minute walk up hill to Taksim and a leisurely 12 minute walk downhill to Kabatas.
Tip 1: make sure you get an Istanbulkart that covers all public transport within the city and also covers the Airport shuttle service called HAVAİST, and the public ferries on the Bosphorus. (may be bought at the yellow machine beside the HAVAİST terminal at the airport, 50 Turkish lira will cover the card and the trip into the city with change left over.
Tip 2: when coming back to the apartment from Kabatas take the funicular (F1) line up to Taksim and then walk down to the apartment. Save those legs ;)