A taxi driver was badly hurt when falling cement hit his car, it added.
It was too early to say what caused the explosion which also sparked a fire in the unoccupied flat, the TV station said.
Istanbul and the capital Ankara have been rocked by a series of bomb attacks in recent months blamed on Islamic State and the armed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) that have killed hundreds of people. Turkey is battling insurgencies by both groups.
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