 After pressure from the opposition his headless body was hanged by his foot in front of the Turkish parliament.Ali Şükrü Bey, who had studied in Deniz Harp Okulu (Turkish Naval Academy) and worked as a journalist in the United Kingdom, is seen as a hero by the people of Trabzon, while in neighboring Giresun there is a statue of his murderer Topal Osman.During World War II shipping activity was limited because the Black Sea had again become a war zone.