Police in the Mediterranean city of Antalya also seized documents and CDs during a search of the premises where the suspects were staying.

Russia's Consulate General in Turkish city of Antalya confirmed that three Russians had been detained over suspected connection to the Daesh, state news agency RIA reported.

Also in another operation in Izmir, police carried out an operation against the Daesh terror organization and detained six people during the operations.

Organizational plans, hunting rifles and air rifles that were shown to have been used in shooting practice were found in a search of the suspects' homes and workplaces.

Meanwhile, five other suspects with links to Daesh terror organizations were also arrested during operations in central Konya province.

In addition to these three provinces, police conducted operations against suspected Daesh militants in Ankara, Kilis, Şanlıurfa, Mersin and Adana provinces of Turkey.

The total number of Daesh-linked suspects captured exceed 60 in operations in several Turkish cities.

The recent operations came as a part of heightened security measures amid the bloody terror attack in Istanbul.

The suicide bombing targeted a major tourist attraction and left 10 people dead and 15 others wounded on January 12.

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The bodies of the two people killed were taken to the morgue of Akdeniz University Medical Faculty Hospital.

The local police are investigating the incident.

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Ahmet Dahmani, 26, was detained at a luxury hotel in the southern coastal city of Antalya, the source said.

Two other men, both Syrian citizens, were also detained on a nearby highway on suspicion that they had been sent by ISIL in Syria to ensure Dahmani's safe passage across the border and were planning to meet him.

Counter-terrorism police first became aware of Dahmani when he arrived on a flight to Antalya and tracked him to the hotel in the Manavgat district of the city.

Turkey has recently conducted many anti-terror operations against ISIL.

The country deported a group of Moroccans detained at Istanbul's main airport this week over suspected links to ISIL.

The eight, who said they had arrived at Ataturk airport on Tuesday night from Casablanca for a holiday, were detained by border police and questioned by profiling experts who flagged them as suspected militants, a government official said.

Alexey Panyushkin, the mayor of the Russian town of Vyshny Volochek, was vacationing in Kemer, a seaside resort town on Turkey's Mediterranean coast. When a friend was unable to reach Panyushkin, he informed the police and the hotel management. When the hotel authorities opened the door on Wednesday together with Panyushkin's friend, the mayor was found dead in his room.

Panyushkin`s body was transferred to the Antalya Forensic Medicine Institute's morgue for an autopsy. Additionally, an investigation has been launched into the Russian mayor's death.

The accident, which was on D 400 motorway near the Gazipaşa district, involved a truck and a bus, according to the police.

The bus, packed with hired workers, was travelling from the southeastern province of Batman, when it hit the truck coming in the opposite direction. The injured were transported to an Alanya hospital by ambulances.

A district authority personally investigated the scene of the accident. Among the victims were the drivers of the two vehicles.

The cause of the accident is under investigation