Me, my wife and our 2 daughters came to Istanbul for 3 weeks on January 2022 and we have the opportunity to stay in Cumhur's place. It was the first time we came to Turkiye and definitely a pleasant trip.
The apartment is in a strategic location in Istanbul, a place with plenty of restaurants, cafes, mini markets, etc., so you will not worry of difficulties on food and drinks. It is just few minutes walk to Istiqlal street, a famous shopping location, and Taksim, a tourist attraction, so no need to take taxi to go there.
The apartment has facilities as in the description. It is equipped with sufficient heater so during our stay we always felt warm inside though there was once a snow storm. The pantry facilities works fine to assure we can make our own meals everyday. Other facilities i.e. water heater, washing machine, etc. are ok. The unit is spacious so we did not have difficulties on placing our big luggages.
There are few Masjids in the surrounding so Alhamdulillah it is easy to perform my Friday prayers every week there.
The owner's brother provided a tremendous services during our stay. He responded promptly to almost every queries regarding the apartment and else. One time the electricity was down in the apartment and he sent a technician to check and fix them - even he comfort us with promising to take us to his place if the issue is not fixed that day.
One thing to be noted, the building looks old and the area near the lift is quite smelly, totally different after entering the apartment as it is modern and comfortable.
There is a pub downstairs which quite busy especially on the weekend. The apartment owner has reminded us about the noise from the pub and recommend us elsewhere if we can not stand it. However, as the unit is in the 5th floor (the ground floor consider as floor 0 instead of 1st floor) so the sound of music from the pub did not hold us to sleep. But during the weekend, the sound of people who possible drunk sometimes quite annoying.
Despite the above, overall we can say we had a good moment in Instanbul. One of the reason is because we had a nice place and a caring owners, Alhamdulillah.
We plan to come again to Istanbul in coming future and we know there is a place like home for us in Cihangir.
Jazakallahu khairan, Cumhur & Denizhan