Turkish police detained five people Monday on suspicion of plotting to assassinate the governor of the mainly Kurdish eastern province of Van on New Year's Eve, local security officials said. The operation in Van city was carried out jointly by anti-terror police and intelligence units. The detainees, among them two women, were suspected of plotting to assassinate Van Governor Niyazi Tanilir and other local officials, the sources said.The police also seized a pistol, explosives and about 200 bullets in the homes of the suspects. There was no immediate word on whether the suspects belonged to any outlawed group. The separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), blacklisted as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the European Union and the United States, is active in the region and has attacked government targets in the past.