This is a house on the street in the area immediately below Taksim - about 5-8 minutes walk from Taksim. There is a nice fruit and food market about 3-5 minutes walk towards Taksim. It is a three floor house with the living room on the street floor, the bedroom above and the kitchen and bathroom below. It seems there's a number of foreigners living in the area as I heard English speaking often. The general Cihangir area is comfortable with massage spa, smoothie places and things like this within a 10-15 walk in the neighborhood. It's a residential neighborhood and not the same craziness and crowds of Taksim. It's not even required to go into the Taksim/Istaklal area if you live here - you can avoid it entirely - as the things you need are available on other streets. The house is on a hill, so suggest using a taxi to get in and out of the room as transporting your bags up and down the hill would probably be exhausting.