Our historic apartments make comfortable, secure, private short term homes and we understand and respect the issues of social distancing and isolation.

Julia, Tarkan and manager Taskin are now certified by the UK Institute of Hospitality for 'Coronavirus: Taking Proactive Action'. In Istanbul Taskin and our cleaners wear masks the whole time they work. High-touch areas - eg light switches, door handles- are disinfected with alcohol spray and apartments are cleaned more thoroughly than ever, though we had a great reputation for our cleanliness before too!
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We've been busy, building up a collection of lovely historical apartments in Galata, our favourite part of Istanbul. We've personally renovated most of them and stay in them ourselves whenever we can. Recently we've added a sweet flat in the UK's Cotswolds into the mix.

17 years ago we met in Istanbul, Tarkan's home city, while I was there for a photography assignment. Since then we've led international lives together, based