My 11 nights stay at Irem’s was as expected. Though it was not possible to meet her personally she was always ready to help and even set our transfers from and to the airport. Her little apartment was warm, neat and tidy, in an ideal position to reach places of interest both on foot and by various means of transport. For a stay longer than 3-4 days, however, I think the bath towels provided are insufficient, it was silly of me not to ask for more, surely Irem would have met our need also in that case, the same applies to the cleaning of the room, missing any type of floor sweeper, indispensable for a stay as long as ours.
On the whole we were glad about our accommodation and enjoyed Istanbul and its kind people very much.