Erhlan made us very welcome and came and met us at the bus stop and gave us a little tour of the neighbourhood which was helpful.
unfortunately there was a little mix up with the person who was supposed to be our contact on arrival. we called her and she was on holidays. apparently we had been sent a text to advise this,but we did not receive this.
Erhlan did acknowledge this be it did mean that we lost a little time in Istanbul as we had arranged to drop our bags early but with this person away we had to wait and wander with our bags for a few hours. all in all though was a lovely stay in a nice apartment in a non touristy area. we enjoyed it.