Comfortable apartment with an amazing view in a calm neighbourhood not to far away from transportation and commercial centers. Ali is an exceptionally nice and helpful host and quite fluent in English. He even helped us book a bus. Especially good as a base for long bus rides as it is next to the harem bus station. Why go to the noisy, expensive, touristy european side when you can enjoy the real istanbul in such an apartment for 2/3 of the price?