Our group of three had a great time staying at Damir's place in Taxim. The apartment is beautiful, as advertised, and the view is absolutely stunning. Damir was able to meet us early to hand over the keys, and made sure that we had a fantastic culinary guidebook for our stay in Istanbul. The apartment itself is in a good location for exploring Istiklal, Beyoglu and Galata. We walked everywhere, but it's also really easy to catch a cab from right outside the front door.

Although Talabasi Blvd itself is very loud, the apartment faces the rear and has good windows, so we did not have any trouble sleeping when we were ready.

Definitely recommended.