[2][3] During the 31 March Incident in 1909, the Barracks building suffered considerable damage, and waited to be repaired.

[4] Its internal courtyard was later transformed into the Taksim Stadium in 1921, and became the first football stadium in Turkey, used by all major football clubs in the city, including Beşiktaş J.K., Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe S.K.

The stadium was closed in 1939, and demolished in 1940, during the construction and renovation works of Taksim Square and Taksim Gezi Park in accordance with the plans of French architect and city planner Henri Prost.

[4] On 16 September 2011, the assembly of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality decided to rebuild the structure;[5] despite the area falling within the purview of green space protection ordinances.

The proposed rebuilt barracks were intended to be a shopping center incorporating cultural centres, an opera house and a mosque[6] and containing no surviving portion of the barracks that existed on the site.