Galata Mawlawi Lodge served as a dervish lodge for 434 years. This dargah raised influential figures such as Ankaravi İsmail Dede, Shayk Galip, Fasih Dede, Esrar Dede and master neyzan Osman Dede, besides occupying a place in the hearts of several Ottoman sultans like Sultan Selim III and Sultan Mahmud II. During the last years of the lodge, it had wellknown visitors and muhibs such as Walad (Chalabi) İzbudak, Ahmed Jalal ad-Din Dede, Selman Tüzün, Cemaleddin Server Revnakoğlu, Mithat Bahari Beytur, Ahmet Bican Kasapoğlu, Necati Ergin and several other tasawwuf cognoscenti.