By Cankut Tasdan

ANKARA

A total of eight Daesh members have been detained by the anti-terror branch of the Ankara Police on Saturday.

The Daesh members were detained at the end of a successful security operation.

Police belive the eight Daesh members were planning to carry out a terror attack in the new year's eve.

As part of the operation, the police officers seized many organization related documents at the locations where the eight Daesh members stayed.

A total of 277 people have lost their lives in Daesh terror attacks in Turkey, where the terror organization has targeted civilians in suicide bomb attacks, rocket attacks, and long-barreled gun attacks.