The description of this apartment was accurate and it was clean and great to have towels and soap provided. It's a nice space as shown in the photos, minimalist, light and airy. The roof top space was nice too if the sun shines, with good views. The umbrellas left for our use were much needed - so thank you!! We were allowed to leave our luggage until 2pm on our day of departure which was really useful. We got a taxi to and from the airport (50 lira) as we were tight on time but you could get a combination of metro and trams. The nearest tram stop is about a 5 minute walk.

We were met by Zehra's sister on arrival and departure and she showed us the flat etc. There was a little notebook of restaurant suggestions too.
The apartment is in a lovely old building with 3 or 4 others like it and is in a great location to get to bars, restaurants and to the touristic areas. There is a little shop up the road for basics and a carrefour supermarket not too far (10 minute walk) that we found. It felt safe for 2 women to be walking around together after dark.
The only downside was the noise. The flat is close to a main road but traffic noise aside (I live in a city so used to that), it was the noise of the shops opening up below that meant no lie ins (woken at 6am each morning). This, some will say, is part of the charm of the area, being in the heart of Istanbul, mixing with locals going about their day to day lives (tools, plumbing, lighting, all sorts of DIY shops), but I left the kids behind and really wanted to sleep so was frustrated by this amount of noise and no mention of it in any reviews! If you are an early riser anyway or can use earplugs then this won't be a problem for you.