 Pehlivanli has been awarded several prizes such as the V. Krzyzstof Penderecki International Contemporary Music Competition (Poland), Torneo Internazionale di Musica (Italy) and the first prize in Premio Valentino Bucchi International Viola Competition (Italy), where she obtained a Presidential Medal of Honour.Pehlivanli ’s repertoire spans from Baroque until the music of present time.Composers such as Ivo Petric, Chiel Meijering, Bruno Strobl, Nico Huijbregts, Yigit Kolat, Gerard Beljon, and Sinta Wullur have written music for her including the first Concerto for Viola & Accordion and Symphony Orchestra by Selim Dogru.