Mersin is a great host, very responsive, friendly and tried to accommodate any additional requests that we had. The apartment itself is not ‚luxurious‘ as mentioned in the title, rather a normal/standard. The rooms look nice and kitchen is well equipped. We had some issues with the bathroom but were staying there too short so Mersin did not have a chance to get it fixed although he was willing to. Negative points: no toilet paper and the stairs of the apartment (it is on the 5th floor so keep this in mind if you have a super heavy luggage like me:)
Back to good things, the location of the apartment is very close to Taksim (walking distance), which was great for us. All in all, we had a good time. Thanks Mersin!