I had the pleasure of staying in Merve's home in Cihangir in late December 2017. Merve was kind and considerate, and pointed out her own favorite neighborhood cafés to me.
Her apartment seemed bigger than I had expected, and it is situated on a quiet street, right in the sweet spot, with Cihangir's cafés literally around the corner. The perfect place if you ask me -- and well, you did, sort of.