The apartment is a great place to stay. It is in a good location, a five-ten minute walk from the Hippodrome and Blue Mosque. It is also about a ten minute walk in a different direction to the Grand Bazaar and the tram stop. And there are at least two little grocery stores across the street.

Okan was great with getting the key to us even when he was out of the city on the day we arrived--he had a friend give us the key.

The apartment is comfortable, the beds are decent. Even though the apartment is on a busy street, it quiets down at night. We only heard dogs barking and a few feral cats during the first night before we learned to sleep through that. The call to prayer woke us up some early mornings, but we managed to sleep through it on other mornings and sometimes fell back asleep in the middle of it, so it isn't too terribly loud.

The biggest con was the window shades. They are good only for privacy and don't do much to keep the light out. We were glad that we were staying there in March, when it was dark when we were going to bed. But by 6:30am it was pretty bright in the room. The street lighting was also pretty bright during the night.