Umut’s place is about 17 minutes to the IST airport. It costs about 65 TR for one-way taxi ride. I had a one-night layover in IST airport. I am glad that I found Umut’s place. The communication between was excellent. I informed him my flight arrival time. Umut met me at the airport (pss, he works at IST airport until 2 am on that day) and passed me the key to his place. He took me to the taxi station and negotiated with the driver so the driver promised to send me to the door of the building. He took down the driver’s license number for my safety purpose. The place is located in a building with elevator so no worry about your heavy luggage. When entered, Umut’s place just looked like the photo shows. Since Umut was working, the entire place was just myself. Umut made sure that I was safely arrived and also took time to let me know his place’s room setting, wifi code, etc. I felt very relaxed just like at my own home. I told Umut that I need to catch on the next day’s early flight that I worried that I could not find any taxi at such early hours. Umut called the taxi for me after work. He arranged the taxi to pick me up at the door on time. Forgot to mention, there is a convenient store just at downstairs of the building and also plenty of dining setting just 5 minutes walking distance. I recommend Umut’s place to anyone that needs to find a layover place near IST airport, you will be in safe hands.