Accomodation Update

i went to istanbul over my spring break to find us sth. but for me alone to find an apartment is pretty impossible for such a short time and hotels around taksim are just too expensive. so i booked us 20 spaces in a hostel (btw i really need to know exact dates from everyone asap) and spoke with a friend who works in tourism (=knows the right ppl), since then i've been talking to ppl from several agencies, who are trying to arrange sth like an apartment for us. i said that our price range would be max 25 or 30 dollars per day per person if its walking distance from taksim. they found some places, of course out of this price range and at the moment we r at the process of persuading them that they should let us stay more people in a room that we wont break anything wont get drunk etc (donno how that's gonna work...), so it wld be less expensive. will keep u all posted when there are any news.