Bora is a great host ready to provide any valuable advise you would need. Hospitality of Bora's family is great and you feel like home. The Ortakoy district is a good compromise being not as crowdy as in center, but cozy as well. The room is very small, which is not very obvious from the photos, but has all you might need during your stay, including washing machine & modern ceramic cooking plate with sensor controls. All is brand new, very authentic & crystal clear. Would surely stay with Bora next time in Istanbul.