Apartment located really in 3 minutes from Taksim square. In one hand that means a lot of restaurants and activities around, metro nearby, easy access to tram. But in other hand, if you leave open windows at evening it could be little bit noisy. As for me, nothing terrible. Also you can find different supermarkets around as local so and Carrefour. Apartment very clean and new, Cenk very helpful and reply in minutes to any question. From the window you can see a bit of Bosporus)) Highly recommend!