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Line of credit facility ownership percentage.

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Description of any adjustments made to the stated rate to determine the effective rate.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Description of the payment terms of the debt instrument (for example, whether periodic payments include principal and frequency of payments) and discussion about any contingencies associated with the payment.

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Amount of the required periodic payments applied to principal.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Date the credit facility terminates, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Loans Payable - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)		9 Months Ended
	Apr. 27, 2017	Sep. 30, 2019	Feb. 22, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	May 28, 2018	Nov. 17, 2017	Aug. 31, 2016
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Loans payable		$ 25,450,000		$ 22,000,000
2016 TEMI Term Loan [Member]
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument interest rate stated percentage		5.25%
Debt instrument interest rate basis for effective rate		The 2016 Term Loan bore interest at a fixed rate of 5.25% (plus 0.2625% for Banking and Insurance Transactions Tax per the Turkish government)
Debt instrument payment terms		Payable in six monthly installments of $1.25 million each through February 2017 and thereafter in twelve monthly installments of $1.88 million each through February 2018.
Amount of each installment payable through February 2017		$ 1,250,000
Amount of each installment payable through February 2018		$ 1,880,000
Line of credit facility, expiration date		Feb. 28, 2018
2016 TEMI Term Loan [Member] \| Turkish Banking and Insurance Transactions Tax Rate [Member]
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument basis spread on variable rate		0.2625%
2017 Term Loan [Member]
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument interest rate stated percentage		6.00%
Debt instrument interest rate basis for effective rate		The 2017 Term Loan bears interest at a fixed rate of 6.0% (plus 0.3% for Banking and Insurance Transactions Tax per the Turkish government) per annum.
Debt instrument payment terms		The 2017 Term Loan had a grace period which bore no interest or payments due until July 2018. Thereafter, the 2017 Term Loan is payable in one monthly installment of $1.38 million, nine monthly installments of $1.2 million each through April 2019 and thereafter in eight monthly installments of $1.0 million each through December 2019, with the exception of one monthly installment of $1.2 million occurring in October 2019.
Line of credit facility, expiration date		Dec. 31, 2019
2017 Term Loan [Member] \| Due until July 2018 [Member]
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument interest rate stated percentage		0.00%
Debt instrument, principal installments		$ 0
2017 Term Loan [Member] \| One Monthly Installment Payable through April 2019 [Member]
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument, principal installments		1,380,000
2017 Term Loan [Member] \| Nine Monthly Installments Payable through April 2019 [Member]
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument, principal installments		1,200,000
2017 Term Loan [Member] \| Eight Monthly Installments Payable through December 2019 [Member]
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument, principal installments		1,000,000
2017 Term Loan [Member] \| One Monthly Installment Occurring in October 2019 [Member]
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Amount of each installment payable occurring in October 2019		$ 1,200,000
2017 Term Loan [Member] \| Turkish Banking and Insurance Transactions Tax Rate [Member]
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument basis spread on variable rate		0.30%
2018 Term Loan [Member]
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument interest rate stated percentage		7.25%
Debt instrument interest rate basis for effective rate		The 2018 Term Loan bears interest at a fixed rate of 7.25% (plus 0.3% for Banking and Insurance Transactions Tax per the Turkish government) per annum.
Debt instrument payment terms		The 2018 Term Loan had a grace period through July 2018 during which no payments were due. Thereafter, accrued interest on the 2018 Term Loan is payable monthly and the principal on the 2018 Term Loan is payable in five monthly installments of $0.2 million each through December 2018, four monthly installments of $0.5 million each through April 2019, four monthly installments of $1.0 million each through August 2019, and four monthly installments of $0.75 million each through December 2019.
Line of credit facility, expiration date		Dec. 31, 2019
2018 Term Loan [Member] \| Due through July 2018 [Member]
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument, principal installments		$ 0
2018 Term Loan [Member] \| Five Monthly Installments Payable through December 2018 [Member]
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument, principal installments		200,000
2018 Term Loan [Member] \| Four Monthly Installments Payable through April 2019 [Member]
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument, principal installments		500,000
2018 Term Loan [Member] \| Four Monthly Installments Payable through August 2019 [Member]
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument, principal installments		1,000,000
2018 Term Loan [Member] \| Four Monthly Installments Payable through December 2019 [Member]
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument, principal installments		$ 750,000
2018 Term Loan [Member] \| Turkish Banking and Insurance Transactions Tax Rate [Member]
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument basis spread on variable rate		0.30%
2019 Term Loan [Member]
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument interest rate stated percentage		7.50%
Debt instrument interest rate basis for effective rate		The 2019 Term Loan bears interest at a fixed rate of 7.5% (plus 0.375% for Banking and Insurance Transactions Tax per the Turkish government) per annum.
Debt instrument payment terms		The 2019 Term Loan has a grace period through December 2019 during which no payments are due. Thereafter, accrued interest on the 2019 Term Loan is payable monthly, and the principal on the 2019 Term Loan is payable in 14 monthly installments of $1.4 million each.
Line of credit facility, expiration date		Feb. 28, 2021
2019 Term Loan [Member] \| Due through December 2019 [Member]
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument, principal installments		$ 0
2019 Term Loan [Member] \| Fourteen Monthly Installments [Member]
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument, principal installments		$ 1,400,000
2019 Term Loan [Member] \| Turkish Banking and Insurance Transactions Tax Rate [Member]
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument basis spread on variable rate		0.375%
Unsecured lines of credit [Member]
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Loans payable		$ 600,000
Credit Agreement [Member] \| DenizBank [Member] \| 2016 TEMI Term Loan [Member]
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, initiation date		Aug. 31, 2016
Line Of Credit Facility Maximum Borrowing Capacity							$ 30,000,000
Line of credit facility, expiration date	Jun. 30, 2018
Debt instrument, monthly payments	$ 1,380,000
Credit Agreement [Member] \| DenizBank [Member] \| 2017 Term Loan [Member]
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, initiation date		Nov. 17, 2017
Line Of Credit Facility Maximum Borrowing Capacity						$ 20,400,000
Credit Agreement [Member] \| DenizBank [Member] \| 2018 Term Loan [Member]
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, initiation date		May 28, 2018
Line Of Credit Facility Maximum Borrowing Capacity					$ 10,000,000
Credit Agreement [Member] \| DenizBank [Member] \| 2019 Term Loan [Member]
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, initiation date		Feb. 22, 2019
Line Of Credit Facility Maximum Borrowing Capacity			$ 20,000,000
Non-cash Facilities [Member] \| DenizBank [Member]
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line Of Credit Facility Maximum Borrowing Capacity							$ 20,000,000
Line of Credit [Member] \| 2016 TEMI Term Loan [Member] \| Mr. Mitchell [Member]
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility ownership percentage		80.00%
Line of Credit [Member] \| 2016 TEMI Term Loan [Member] \| Mr. Uras [Member]
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility ownership percentage		20.00%
Line of Credit [Member] \| 2017 Term Loan [Member]
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Loans payable		$ 3,200,000
Line of Credit [Member] \| 2017 Term Loan [Member] \| Mr. Mitchell [Member]
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility ownership percentage		80.00%
Line of Credit [Member] \| 2017 Term Loan [Member] \| Mr. Uras [Member]
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility ownership percentage		20.00%
Line of Credit [Member] \| 2017 Term Loan [Member] \| Mr. Uras [Member]
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility ownership percentage		100.00%
Line of Credit [Member] \| 2018 Term Loan [Member]
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Loans payable		$ 2,300,000
Line of Credit [Member] \| 2018 Term Loan [Member] \| Mr. Mitchell [Member]
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility ownership percentage		80.00%
Line of Credit [Member] \| 2018 Term Loan [Member] \| Mr. Uras [Member]
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility ownership percentage		20.00%
Line of Credit [Member] \| 2018 Term Loan [Member] \| Mr. Uras [Member]
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility ownership percentage		100.00%
Line of Credit [Member] \| 2019 Term Loan [Member]
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Loans payable		$ 20,000,000
Line of Credit [Member] \| 2019 Term Loan [Member] \| Mr. Mitchell [Member]
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility ownership percentage		80.00%
Line of Credit [Member] \| 2019 Term Loan [Member] \| Mr. Uras [Member]
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility ownership percentage		20.00%
Line of Credit [Member] \| 2019 Term Loan [Member] \| Mr. Uras [Member]
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility ownership percentage		100.00%
Turkey [Member] \| Credit Agreement [Member] \| DenizBank [Member]
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, initiation date		Aug. 23, 2016