We had a layover in Istanbul and unfortunately were very disappointed with our stay here in Istanbul. Our apartment door was in an alley filled with trash and upon entering the apartment all you could smell was mold/mildew. I thought maybe I was overreacting, however, as the night went on I developed allergy symptoms and woke up with a headache and completely congested. We opened a window and turned on the de-humidifier that was in the room, but it did little to get rid of the smell. The shower is only a showerhead over the toilet, however, it provided plenty of hot water. We used Airbnb for our entire two week vaction and this was the only one we had a bad experience at. We left early the next morning and did not get a chance to explore the neighborhood, however, we can’t recommend this room to future renters. Erdal did keep in touch with us and responded quickly regarding our concerns about the protests in Taksim square, however, she will use your e-mail for communication and we were receiving multiple e-mails a day from her and that became somewhat overwhelming as well.