Review by my wife:
"We are a family of 6, all of our children are below 13 so it was our first experience to book an apartment not a hotel for accommodation. As a mother of young children at first I was worried the vacation would turn into having to do house chores since we stayed there for 10 days.
The overall experience was great, the apartment is equipped with all essential excellent quality appliances and especially the most important when you are traveling with kids, a washing machine and a dryer :)
We loved the place it felt like home and the neighborhood is so alive we got to meet so many people and make new friends.
The check in was very smooth, thanks to Shamshod, the location manager who was waiting for us near the building and on the phone giving our taxi driver directions.
He was always very helpful and responsive via text messages to answer any of our questions even tips on places to visit or routes to take... Thank you Shamshod :)
All the bed linens and towels were very clean and we paid extra for cleaning services twice, which helped keep the apartment under control with 4 very active children!
We would definitely consider any of Julia and Tarkan's apartments if we visit Istanbul.
If you love history and places that have witnessed so many stories you are going to fall in love with this apartment.
However if you like hotel pampering and don't care much about history, then you might not click with the place. It's a space that offers a lot more than typical hotel experiences."