 The Ottoman Council of State () rejected Hekimoğlu's requests for a pardon, and on 26 April 1913, he was killed along with his friend Alan Osman in a shootout with the authorities in his home village of Yassıtaş in Fatsa.His death was documented by an American journalist.Hekimoğlu is recalled in Turkey as a folk hero, almost of legend, who fought against injustice and oppression.