I have used Airbnb for the 1st time to my very 1st visit to Istanbul, Shahrzad's place is clean, spacious and quite. It is just 15 minutes walk from Taksim. Unfortunately I have landed on 15th of July (failed coup attempt) and was not able to get to her place on that night. Shahrzad helped alot during this trouble, even she was out to take a taxi so that she can pick me up. She even offered me Turkish coffee and showed me the place to try Kebab. On my day of return she even did Taxi for me to the Airport which was really generous of her as she told me I am her host and she wants to make my visit best out of trouble. Istanbul is one of the beautiful cities I have ever been..:) so I would strongly recommend to visit Istanbul and stay at her place.