[2] He studied in Paris and worked for about seven years as a personal secretary to the French novelist Alexandre Dumas.

In February 1870, he issued in French, the weekly satirical newspaper Le Diogene, then in Greek as Ο Διογένης (O Diogenis) and subsequently in Turkish as Diyojen.

Another publication which Kasapis issued was the newspaper Çingirakli Tatar in Turkish and in Greek.

[3] Then he proceeded with the issuance of the Momos ("Blemish") and the Turkish Hayal ("Vision").

While Momos and Hayal faced repeated prohibitions, Kasapis proceeded to issue the Turkish daily newspaper İstikbal ("Future") in August 1875.