Tala was not wrong when she promised that you will fall in love with Istanbul! The city is amazing and the room is located in a perfect and vivid area next to Taksim square (A consequential downside may be that you can hear the traffic but it was not problematic for me). Tala (and Kamran!) is a great host. The communication went perfectly well and, moreover, since my flight was late and I got a bit lost in Istanbul, she checked on me and patiently waited until 2.30 am to show me my room. :)