<div id="readability-page-1"><div><p>ISTANBUL (AP) — A police officer died Monday after being shot and seriously wounded during an early morning drug raid in Istanbul, Turkish officials said.</p><p>Officer Emre Albayrak died of his wounds in a hospital. He was part of a special operations team carrying out the raid in the Cekmekoy district on Istanbul’s Asian side.</p><p>“Our police officer Emre Albayrak, who was seriously injured in a narcotics operation in the Cekmekoy district, could not be saved despite all interventions in the hospital to which he was taken and became a martyr,” Istanbul Governor’s Office said in a statement.</p><p>The man who opened fire on police was killed and two other suspects were detained, the office said.</p><p>Turkey has experienced a rise in drug-related crime in recent years. There was a 23% rise in drug-related incidents last year compared to 2023, according to a National Police Counter-Narcotics Department report.</p><p>Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said in a social media post Monday that 970 suspects had been detained in nationwide counter-narcotics operations over the previous week.</p></div></div>

<p>A Turkish police officer, Emre Albayrak, died from gunshot wounds sustained during a drug raid in Istanbul's Cekmekoy district. The shooter was killed, and two suspects were detained. Turkey has seen a rise in drug-related crime, with a 23% increase last year. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya reported 970 arrests in recent counter-narcotics operations.</p>

Turkish police officer dies from gunshot wounds suffered in Istanbul drug raid