Özay was very kind and his recomendations made my visit to Istanbul really easy and enjoyable! The apartment is located in Kadıköy, a nice neighborhood with its own cultural life (pretty similar than Bushwick or Williamsburg in Brooklyn, NY) but is not in the middle of the noise. I like very much the ubication ´cause its also in a walkable distance to the metro, bus station and navy pier (to go to the europian side of Istanbul).