Birol's place is a home away from home. It has the facilities you need, very clean and tidy from bedroom to kitchen and toilet. Complete with cooking utensils, fridge and washing machine. The apartment is near to the tram stations and metro line too, as well as the buses, and there are lots of eating places around the area. A nice park is also a minute away. I would not hesitate to recommend this apartment. Birol is a great host, he even help to carry the bags upstairs when we arrived. We actually continued our stay here for another week when we decided to stay longer in Istanbul.