Asya Katilim Bankasi A.S. (ASYAB) is the third largest Islamic lender in Turkey by assets which is backed by Gulenist capitalists making it become a target as the government declared war against Gulen movement and called it public enemy number one.

As well known, the breaking point was the graft investigation conducted by the prosecutors linked to Gulen movement in late 2013. Since then it has been speculated that Asya Bank was facing difficulties mostly created by...