Karen was fantastic. I felt very welcome, and she was at all times willing to help me with suggestions and transportation (which is very problematic). The room and house are as described, the only downsides being: - it's an old house, and as such expect things to be a bit quirky, - it's pretty far away from the center, but if your visiting Bogazici university, it's at the perfect location.

The frendliness of the hosts out-weights the smaller issues.