Lots to like about the apartment. Clean, comfortable bed, beautiful hardwood floors, great water pressure and hot water for shower, sunny, and near Istiklal. Senem the host also is very responsive to requests. Downsides are very loud music from street to 3:30 am on Friday and Saturday. Earplugs may help. Also, the flat is on a street where cars are forbidden and has no elevator with winding narrow stairs . If you have heavy bags, this is a bit of a struggle.