Mert’s Place made for an unforgettable experience. My wife and I, along with her family of 5 stayed at Mert’s place for 11 days and loved every second of it! The place is huge and fit us more then comfortably! The view here is rivaled by none, you can see almost all of Istanbul. We visited the Galata tower and the view at Mert’s place was just as good. The kitchen is huge and offers plenty of space to cook for a family of 7 or more. We had no problem getting a taxi everyday and it was an inexpensive ride to all the major spots in Istanbul. Mert was very quick to respond to any issues that inevitably come on an almost 2 week long trip. The kitchen sink was clogged (our fault not the house) but Mert still had someone there 10 minutes after alerting him and the sink was back to normal. We had trouble with a delivery order as we did not speak Turkish and Mert called the restaurant for us and cleared everything up immediately (this was at 9pm on a Sunday night). Furthermore, My wife’s family had a late flight on the day of check out and Mert was very accommodating allowing us to work it out so they weren’t stranded. All in all I highly recommend Mert’s place! My wife and I are from the US and we were very worried about renting a place so far away but Mert put our worries at ease and made it very enjoyable. If you are thinking of renting Merts place think no longer and do it!!