Emin's place is value for money for location, but noisy (kids playing out, drilling and people shouting in the middle of the night). We also waited a long time to check in as the apartment was not cleaned when we arrived, or when they asked us to return (we waited another hour til 4pm). The apartment was clean but smelt of stale smoke, stained couch. I wouldn't recommend friends to stay here, lots of other places in Istanbul that looked good for similar price.