Stayed here for a month. No issues at all. The location is central to almost everything. Metro stop is within 5 to 7 min walk, Istiklal street is a 2 min walk for cafes, restaurants, retail stores etc. Given the location, the street is always busy and tends to get loud, but that is part of the experience of staying in Taksim/Istiklal street. I don't see the noise as an issue but to others, it may be a negative so be mindful of that when booking. However, the apartment has a really good coating in the windows to reduce the noise levels. Overall, it was an excellent stay, had no issues with wifi/internet as well. Zoom meetings and calls worked as expected. As a big-data wrangler, the internet gave me no issues running big queries or large chunks of code.