of the same species. Characterization of chitin was carried out with FT-IR, EA, XRD, TGA, and SEM. The results from FT-IR, EA, XRD, and TGA showed that the chitin under investigation was in alpha form. These analyses did not show significant differences between female and male chitins, but chitin content was determined to be higher in males than females. Additionally, enzymatic digestion of the grasshoppers' chitins and commercial chitin was performed using chitinase from *Streptomyces griseus.* Potassium ferricyanide assay of the products released during the enzymatic digestion suggested that there were small differences in the quantity of the hydrolytic products of the extracted chitins from either sex or the commercial chitin. The grasshoppers' chitins showed high reducing sugar production rates close to the commercial chitin under the studiedTurkish police have arrested more than 1,000 protesters during the recent wave of violent demonstrations, Turkish paper Today's Zaman reported Wednesday. Among those arrested, the paper reported, was an Iranian citizen named Shayan Shamloo, who had supposedly been in contact with his country's intelligence services.

Citing an anonymous governmental source, the paper reported that the Iranian national was suspected to have played an inciting role in the violent protests that swept Ankara in recent days. The same source also told the paper that the government suspected Shamloo of being in service of Iranian intelligence services.

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In addition to Shamloo, police have reported arresting an additional 15 foreign nationals, also in connection with events. Most of those arrested turned out also to be of Iranian nationality.

The Star, a government affiliated