The flat is super clean and the interior is also very nice - very minimal and functional given its size! Location is great in terms of being central (literally only 3 minutes by walking to Taksim Square and right in the side steet of Istiklal Caddesi which is the main road/shopping boulevard going down Taksim Square). However, I wish i had known that right beneath us is a live music bar, which is open every day til 2- 3 am which keeps the noise leve very high and therefore makes it very hard to sleep at night. You don't really get to relax after a long day out in Istanbul which you need in an intense and crowded city like this. Ertan himself was a great host -he answered as quickly as possible to all my texts making sure we had the best stay possible in his flat. But all in all a very nice flat in a very central and busy area of Istanbul.