The location was great - near tram & metro stations, near shops/restaurants and walking distance to Istiklal Street. The apartment building was quite old, but the flat had character. It was well decorated and had a nice view. The bedrooms were very small but the living room was spacious and having two bathrooms really helped as there were three of us.
One main thing to note, the flat is not for travellers with mobility issues and/or don't have decent strength. You have to go up a few steps to get to the entrance of the building, and climb up a further two flights of the narrow spiral staircase to get to the flat. We had several huge suitcases as it was a long European trip for us, and it was a huge struggle with the suitcases. Took two of us pint-sized ladies (one of whom had a buggered tailbone) to carry each suitcase down when we were leaving, going down a few steps at a time. The apartment could do with a little bit of maintenance. One of the showers was obviously choked and water was draining painfully slowly, so the shower water kept pooling. Shower water was also seeping onto the bedroom floor. The was urine on the toilet seat when we arrived. The blinds in one of the bedrooms was broken/bent in places. We did inform Meltem of these issues (not the blinds, not much she could have done while were there). We were told that the cleaner had already cleaned the apartment but that she didn't check it before we arrived because she had been busy. We arrived at night, it was a pity that she didn't have time to check at any point during the day. Nobody came to fix the shower drainage problem, so we just tried not to turn too much water on while in the shower.
It was such a shame that these issues lessened our enjoyment in the apartment, as we so wanted to love it. And we did have a nice time staying there, but would have been great not to have to deal with the problems.