We had a wonderful short stay at Eyup’s place! It had lots of space to let us spread out, laundry machine to do a load of laundry at the end of a long trip, and a very comfortable bed. It’s in a wonderful residential neighborhood close to great restaurants and shops in the Galata Tower area. Definitely eat at Kat Mer cafe (the BEST Turkish ravioli—I’m still dreaming of the stuff!) - eyup says the owner lives downstairs in the building. Galata Kitchen is wonderful too and very veg friendly. The building’s hammam and sauna rooms were a special treat so if you can reserve it, take advantage of that! (We did another hamam visit at Aga Hamami, just about a 15 min walk away, but this helped us get acquainted with what they look like and what we could expect). Eyup was very responsive and texted us through the visit with tips and help. We would def stay here again!