Tarik is a fantastic and genuine host and greeted us in Istanbul with a very warm welcome on our first day.
We got to Tarik's place early after arriving in Istanbul and had a meal at a nearby cafe where Tarik joined us for coffee and offered to pay for our food. After we ate and talked, he helped carry our luggage inside and bought us some essentials (paper towels, water, etc) for our stay after giving us a tour of the place. He also lent us transportation cards for our travels.
The place itself is very cozy, but has plenty of amenities and everything we needed for our 15 day stay. The location is amazing and is minutes from many great cafes, breakfast places, and popular tourist streets. Even though it's close to everything, it's still very quiet at night for a city apartment and the only issue we had with noise was some temporary construction work going on during the day.
Tarik is also highly responsive and always answered our questions quickly. Overall a great place to stay with a great host. Hoping this place stays open for a long time so that we may come back again!