Many writers and artists, especially Aliye Berger, Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar and Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu, lived and worked in the building, which was used as a studio and residence in the following years.

D Grubu, founded by five painters, opened its first exhibition in 1933 at the Mimoza hat shop below Narmanlı Yurdu.

Although projects have been carried out to convert Narmanlı Han into a hotel since the early 1990s, an agreement has not yet been reached among the 11 owners.

Parts of the building later began to be rented to artists at low rates and turned into a cultural center.

Architect Sinan Genim's restoration project began to be followed by the public after Hürriyet writer Ertuğrul Özkök's visit with Beyoğlu Mayor Ahmet Misbah Demircan.