Akif is a great host. Gave great instructions, met us on time and was helpful about things to do and see - off the main tourist route.
Above all, he was unbelievably accommodating and helpful in the face of two stuff-ups during our party's stay: the theft on the Metro of one of a friend's passport and me rocking up to the wrong airport for my departure and consequently missing my flight. Both incidents meant we needed an extra night's accommodation at no notice. He obliged: dropping the stuff he was doing to clean the flat, meet us there (in one case, quite late at night) and see we were well settled in.
A final point which indicates the kind of mensch Akif is. He leant me some cash until i could change my own notes the next day. We agreed i would leave the appropriate sum on my departure (trust!). Except i misread the value of a Lira 5 note as a Lira 50 note, and thus short-changed him.
A day later, i got a gentle text message explaining my oversight but saying 'but that's ok for me - maybe you got confused'.
For hospitality and humanity (and a great location) i recommend Akif as a host any day.