Julia and Tarkan’s place is very spacious and in the heart of Galata region, if you want to be where the tourists are. That’s your place. We did not stay much indoors but the apartment was well equipped and had what we needed. One thing we noticed is that the water was high in chlorine, I don’t know if that’s characteristic of the area or not. Other than that all was as advertised and Julia and Tarkan sent us a lot of good information!