It's a very nice apartment very close to metro taxim station. It is not located near a road that is crowded with cars. It was the best I found on this money downtown after a long search. The neighborhood scared me a little at first but I think there is no particular danger. The place has external cameras that from what I understood the owner is constantly watching them because the first time I stood outside the apartment he appeared immediately to welcome me and also once when I went out on a rainy day he appeared in seconds again to lend me an umbrella. Also the door of the apartment locks with 3 locks. The apartment beyond the beds has a nice sofa where you can sit and read or write instead of just being in bed or the chairs that the other apartments or hotel rooms have. I did not see serhat up close but I met his father who is in the building all day. Kind, helpful and ready to help you with anything you say right away. In fact, I did not even have to leave the apartment to ask for anything. When I was writing a message to serhat, he immediately contacted his father and in a few minutes he came. The neighborhood is a place where locals live and sometimes voices from outside people can be heard but when you close the windows almost nothing is heard. In fact, this way you can live for a while as a local and experience a cultural experience better than staying in a hotel or neighborhood that has nothing to do with the real Istanbul. I really liked that the apartment has this knob on the outside of the street and so you can observe what is happening from another point of view