For the money this is a great place. Centrally located to most anything you want to see in Istanbul. It’s a steep hike up the hill, but it’s a quick 15 minutes to iskitlal street and taxim square. You can catch the bus to the grand bazaar and the spice market in a quick 10 minute walk down hill, which in turn can get you to sultanahmet square, the blue mosque, and Hagia Sophia. The kitchen at the apartment is just perfect and the fridge space adequate to save some money cooking meals and with several mini marts and a full supermarket within 10 minutes walk down hill, not to mention and a delicious and cheap restaurant (Öz Gaziantep Pide Kebab) and two great bakeries less than 5 minutes away, you really can’t beat this location. Only con is that there is an elementary school directly behind the apartment and if you plan on sleeping in any day besides Saturday or Sunday that will be quite a difficult task.