We had a great experience in every way staying at Arda's lovely place!
First I want to start with The host: Arda is a super host indeed. from the start he showed us around, answered any questions we had, gave us some great locations to check out during our stay, and checked on us through messages every once in a while; making sure that everything is going smoothly and checking if any sort of assistance is needed.
Now the apartment: Its clean, spacious, everything you would need is available whether for work such as couple of tables that can be used as laptop stands for work. Or for entertainment like the 55 inch TV that can do 120hz (gamers know why that is great to have). Whatever you might need for daily work/play/comfort is available in the apartment. big refrigerator, washing machine, all sorts of kitchen amenities, comfy bed, big couch, spacious closet, nice high floor view. you name it.
Next, the compound and the surrounding area: the compound has 24\7 security with pool and gym access. there's also nice 4 balconies on each of the tower side every 5 floors that you can use for fresh air and smoking. Right next to the tower entrance you'll find MMM Migros(which is basically a very big grocery and other needs shopping center), a Starbucks, MacDonalds, PizzaHut, Granny Waffles(great waffles btw), a Pharmacy, a sea food restaurant, and more.
Less than 10 minutes walk you'll find a shopping mall and a metro/subway station of the M5 (Üsküdar) metro line. so you'll have no trouble going anywhere you might need to go as it connects you to the metrobus and the Marmaray metro line(the line that runs to the European side of Istanbul, note that the metrobus can take you to the European side as well)
the area is nice and quiet at night. which is a welcome change of pace of the ever so busy center of Istanbul
So yeah all in all, We had an amazing experience staying here and I hope its clear why you'd have a great time staying here too, dear reader.
Thank you Arda, will be staying at your lovely apartment again for sure in the future.