Great place. This duplex is really two apartment, one above the other, joined by a spiral staircase. Each level has a bathroom, kitchen, and washing machine (clothing). One has a clothes dryer. Recently renovated, modern appliances and decoration. Very nice indeed. Very helpful assistant lives in the building. One of the apartments has no proper bedroom but does have a fold-out couch with a good, firm mattress. I need a firm mattress and this was very comfortable indeed (as were all the mattresses). The building is on a short street that to Americans will look kind of "down-and-out" but it's just a residential street with nothing fancy. There are two small markets on the corner and the building is only a block away from the business area. We had a great time there.

Aslan (husband) and Gulnur (wife) are fantastic. Wonderful and thorough communication from start to finish. They answered all questions and arranged anything we needed (for instance, transfers from the airport and a day of tours). We went out to dinner with them and had a great time.

Wonderful experience. Glad we went and would return if we were to go back to Istanbul.