It was such a pleasure to stay at Pelin's apartment. First, the location is perfect. It is in a historic part of Istanbul, surrounded by great places to eat, have a cup of coffee, shop, or just visit. Next, the location is perfect to get metro to visit places (just walk down and in 10 minutes you can catch metro). You can walk down or walk from Taksim Square or İstiklal Cadesi. You can not find a better location.
The apartment is perfect for 2 people, a very comfortable bed room, living room, and kitchen. The washing Machine is a time saver, and internet is fast. On TV you can catch news of the world.
Pelin is a super person, very generous, and helpful. Her partner came to meet us at the Havaas drop point, took us to the apartment, and transported our stuuf 3 stairs up to the apartment (Thank you K and Pelin for it). She was invaluable help about Istanbul, frequently searching information for us. When there was protest on İstiklal Cadesi, she contacted us to get us out. She text-ed route so that we avoided any parts where demonstration was going on and brought us back to the apartment safe. She gave us Istanbul Travel card to get us started on the metro and arranged for a shuttle to take us to the airport.
I can not write enough good things about her and her place. Suffice it to say that if we ever return back to Istanbul, we would love to stay at her place.