This is my second time in Istanbul but the first for my husband Mo. Considering it is located very close to the famous Taksim square, the apartment is very convenient. The listing was very accurate and the apartment was spacious, not to mention that it is walking distance from Karakoy, an area with lovely concept stores and cafes.
Although we didn't get the chance to meet Berna and her siblings in person, but she was in touch all the time offering us with prompt responses even though we gave her a short notice for the booking.
She is very sweet (we can tell from the messages) and made sure we had good time.
The only down part was that the building residents were a bit noisy and only few times but that's not really in the hosts' hands.