Hikmet Tasten heartily welcomes you to Istanbul in many languages. This is a friendly basically-furnished room. The roof-top space (for breakfast or just a relaxing drink) has a view of the Bosphorus and a lovely Sinan mosque, and is spectacular. The place is near almost all the old city sites, and the immediate neighborhood is great to explore on its own. You must be able to walk up stairs (to your apartment), and up steepish slopes (to the Hagia Sophia, for example). But that's true of most places in Istanbul, and in Turkey as a whole -- they are most enjoyed on foot.

Hikmet goes the extra mile to make your stay pleasant. He provides one free Turkish breakfast that is extremely good. If anything goes wrong in the room, he is quick to have it fixed.

All in all a good place to stay.