Pelin is a truly helpful host, who is completely reliable in all she says about her apartment, both this one and another that I have stayed in. The apartments are decorated with great taste, subtle, cozy, and with real character and charm. The location is great too, really trendy and still quite undiscovered, turn left for a great selection of coffee and tea shops, both traditional and modern but cool, and left again for Taksim Square. I certainly hope to return to Istanbul and Pelin is my 'go to person!'. Ralph