 In 1888 the Ottoman authorities informed Nicolaides that he could not use the name "Asya" and that he needed to use Perso-Arabic characters, instead of Greek characters.Nicolaides was still interested in publication in Ottoman Turkish with any newspaper name, so "Servet" ultimately became the publication's name.The Ministry of the Interior received Nicolaides' request for publishing the paper in January 1888, and around February of that year the newspaper began distribution.