I rented the room for 4,5 months during my exchange. When I arrived I was not really happy about the place, because everything inside the kitchen was gross, but I cleaned everything up and then I really felt at home in the room. It is a nice and spacious room in general, and it is just like on the pictures. The bed is really nice, but it is really cosy with two people (120x200). The kitchen could use a few new things like pans and maybe a coffee machine. The bathroom and shower are also nice, but it smells a bit funny. Washing machines are working fine. Baran really took care of the building well and fixed every problem in the building within the same day, which was really nice.
I felt very safe inside the building, but the neighborhood is really bad. I did not want to go outside after it got dark. When I came back home in the dark I would always take a taxi and I usually had to argue with the taxi driver, because they did not want to go inside Tarlabasi. Everyone will look at you like you are mad if you say you live there as a (blonde) girl alone. Nothing every happened to me, though, so I cannot say I do not recommend it, because my stay overall was nice! I do think it would be easier to live there if you are either a couple, a man, or if you are (partly) Turkish and understand the language.