Baro Han which was built on İstiklal Avenue during the 1960s began to be used as the headquarters of İstanbul Bar Association. Renovated in 2017, Baro Han still serves as the building of the İstanbul Bar Association today. İstanbul Bar which stood up against , anti-democratic laws and implementations, human rights abuses, cases of torture during and after the military memorandum and coup of March 12, 1971, and September 12, 1980, is based in Baro Han. It is remembered as a site frequently visited by revolutionaries and their families from the 1970s until the 1990s when political lawsuits were filed in the aftermath of the September 12, 1980 Coup.