Demonstrators hold placards and copies of the Cumhuriyet daily newspaper as they stage a protest outside a court where the trial of about a dozen employees of the newspaper on charges of aiding terror groups, continues in Istanbul, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017. The trial against opposition daily Cumhuriyet continued on December 25, the newspaper reported. (AP/Lefteris Pitarakis)
Demonstrators hold placards and copies of the Cumhuriyet daily newspaper as they stage a protest outside a court where the trial of about a dozen employees of the newspaper on charges of aiding terror groups, continues in Istanbul, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017. The trial against opposition daily Cumhuriyet continued on December 25, the newspaper reported. (AP/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of January 1, 2018