The one thing that should be made very clear is that this is a BASEMENT apartment, with a constant smell of dampness and no air flow. In Istanbul’s July heat and humidity, the lack of air was suffocating, with the one electric ventilator insufficient to provide cool relief.
As another reviewer had pointed out, having to keep the windows open all the time, while being below street level, and with curtains that are not fully covering the windows, mean that you don’t really have privacy. And like that reviewer, I was also greeted with washing (house linen) during in the living room kitchen space.
If you don’t mind all that, this is a cleverly designed small space, very close to Ortaköy, with many shops and restaurants nearby.
The host, Beliz, is friendly, and responds rapidly to communication.