He was tried on August 10, 1978, allegedly for shooting four coffee lounges, killing 5 people and injuring 12, and was sentenced to death on October 18, 1979.
[6] Necati Gültekin, Secretary General of the Nationalist Movement Party, said that he "did not know about the incident and could not comment".
Atilla Sav, President of the Union of Turkish Bar Associations, said, "you catch him, you punish him, and then he runs away.
[8] Pehlivanoğlu was sentenced to execution, and after the 1980 Turkish coup d'état when martial law was declared, he was hanged on October 7, 1980, in Mamak Prison.
[9] Idealist sources claim that Pehlivanoğlu was a victim of false accusation, and did not commit the shootings.