Classic Apartment

400€ per month

Taksim

+ 90 554 299 46 89

The location was very nice. It's just a small room with a kitchen, a bathroom, and a TV, but the view was amazing from the room. The neighborhood is not the best, but it's really safe. You have a police office near the apartment, and you also have an office open 24/7, ready to help you at any moment.

If you love house/tech you'll love the Kastel

Brand Management is easy

The campus is okay, for the registration, every student struggled to choose their classes as we had to choose them a second time when we came

I went to Oman for one week with some friends for 450€, it was one of the best trips I've made in my life. Many people went to Cappadocia

For the transport you really should get a student istanbul kart, you can have 200 travels for 10€ per month.

Food delivery is also really cheap!

Classic Apartment

380 euro per month

10 mins by foot to university

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I would pick it up again for its very privileged placement near university. but as the apartment is first floor overlooking the main street, traffic and cars noise are too much for the first few weeks. you may get used to it but if you dont like noisy environments this place is not for you.

im a stay home person but i still like the extroverted part of my personnality. however for this first semester im still looking for people with whome i can hang out outside university and who match my vibe. im taking my time and not rushing it so you have to do ^^

im in archtecture deptartment, and i recommend third year history course with Prof Deniz, design with modelling with Prof Ahmet and third year studio project {these courses are first semester}

this university really makes registration and administration part very eay to you which is really cool, the working staff are amazing and always available to respond to you

for the moment i visited only Cappadocia, one hour by plane from Istanbul. ABSOLUTELY STUNNING. very different from ıstanbul, you will experıence a more countryside ambiance.

very crowded, might feel overwhelming for some people like me, a bus ride always takes much more than what google ındicates, there are soooooo many places to see other than touristıc areas so you need to sightsee very often to discover new things, people really like your effort when you try to speak turkish so try to learn a few practical sentences before coming, also english is not their strong feature, ıstanbul is huge and extremely gorgeous city dont let the overwhelming feeling at the beginning affect you

the residency cart may takes 2 months to arrive and thats normal, in some administrative process they need a turkish phone number, even if a touristic phone number is a bit more expensive than a normal one, i still advise you to buy one {without residence cart you can only buy tourist phone numer}

Coliving / Shared House

560

Kadikoy

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I like this place because you can find all you need and it is cheap

Sound room in europeen side

Global economy in turkey, microeconomics, diversity management in organisation

That’s a big campus but it’s far to the center

Antalya, bursa, cappadocia and egypt

To live in the center

Coliving / Shared House

550€

Beşiktaş

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Good places to go out, clubs ans bars un Beşiktaş, taksim And kadikoy

African studies, culture heritage

Very helpful in administrative procedures

Capadoccia

Safe, dynamic and lot of culture

Prefer flat locations in besiktas or kadikoy or taksim

Airbnb

Around 500€ by month

In the north of Kadikoy, close to the port

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The perfect place if you prefer visiting the city than going to class

Go to ESI events and bars

Easy courses

Or you take a class with a project which takes a lot of time but at distance, or a classic class where you have to be present 70% of the semester

It’s the center between Asia, Europa and Africa so just enjoy

Live in Asian side

Airbnb

550

In the center of Istanbul

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It’s far from the university

Best party was the Erasmus party

I recommend Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Marketing, Organisation, Technology and Innovation

Campus is very cool but the university is very far, 1h30 of public transport

Thaïlande, Chypre, Kazakhstan

Cost of living is around 600€ per month

Make your resident permit directly

Coliving / Shared House

475

Besiktas, 20min on foot from the university

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Yes, it was a very nice neighbourhood, it was very busy, many coffee shops, bars, restaurants and small businesses. Also it was in front of the besijtas port, very well located and easy access to public transportations all over the city. Also my university was only 20minutes walking distance from my apartment.

The best club area is Taksim area but there are many very nice bars in Besiktas also.

For political science students I recommend the Race gender and class course. Mostly all classes are interesting, there is a big diversity of classes.

Beautiful campus, it is directly on the sea side, registration was easy, the administration is very helpful compared to other universities. they harped us with everything particularly the resident permit.

Turkiye is a huge country so there are many beautiful and diverse areas to visit such as : Capadoccia, Izmir, the sea sides and mountains near Georgia. I also went to Egypt because flights are much cheaper to close countries than in France.

Istanbul is a very overstimulating city, there is so much to do, visit (very historical) but there are also many people and the city is very big. So make sure to look up the places you want to go before arriving.

Coliving / Shared House

450€

Şişli mecidiyekoy

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Great place but very old and a bit expensive. Shared flat with 7 other people but only one bathroom and one kitchen. Amazing experience there because the flatmates were incredible. Owner is lazy to solve our problems : we stayed 5 days without hot water for instance. Great neighbourhood. If I had to choose again I would probably pick the same place.

I don’t have specific places to recommend but there’s a lot of stuff to do :)

- Turkey - Eu relations : course by the responsible of the political science department but shocking words happened during the course, regarding the armenian genocide for instance. - International Law : best course - Religion and Politics : the teacher is very boring - International Political Economy : same teacher than religion and politics but it’s even more boring because the subject is not interesting. - Sports, Politics and Society : it’s okay but it’s not the best. Most students leave before the end of the course.

- international office wasn’t aware of the new modifications from the Immigration Office for our residence permit and asked us to pay a very expensive document (notarised contract) that we didn’t need. - campus is cool but there is no canteen and no sports club, no sports infrastructures … Very business school atmosphere and students are really rich. I would definitely not choose this university again and I can’t really recommend it. It’s not horrible but the courses are easy, not interesting at all, there is no structure in the course, and the administrative help was way worse than in most universities.

- Cappadocia in car or bus : really amazing - Izmir and Ephesus : alors very great - Princes Island in istanbul with the ferry : I love this place

Please try everything, go to every neighbourhood, try every food and buy the MUZEKART (only 1€ and give you access to manyyyyyyy museums in all turkey for free).

Istanbul is amazing :) Also, paying rent in cash in euros is normal here because the turkish lira is not stable enough.

Classic Apartment

Less than 500 euro

In Kadikoy on the Asian side

Through a friend - "Yourbestflat"

As it is a shared apartment with other Erasmus students, I would recommend it if you don’t know anyone in the city. However, you should take into consideration that many of the apartments offered by this agency don’t have any common rooms, which can make socializing with your flatmates a bit more complicated.

Best places for bars is clubs is located either in Kadikoy or Taksim.

recommend Strategic Studies and Military Technologies, as well as Turkish Foreign Policy classes. Both have incredible and passionate teachers. The other classes depend on your level, but in general, you may find them a bit easy.

The campus is really nice and is located right in front of the Bosphorus, close to the ferry and bus stations. The administration is helpful, and there is an orientation week to assist you with all the paperwork. Just keep in mind that the application for the residence permit takes a long time, even though the university helps you.

Trips are really easy from Istanbul, especially if you want to travel around Turkey. Both buses and planes are really cheap, and Turkey offers incredible diversity in sightseeing.

The residence permit guys is reallyyyy long to do.

Most Turkish people don’t speak English, so it’s helpful to learn some basic Turkish phrases.