The Holy Diocese of Smyrna announced the donation by Mehmet Bastiyali, businessman, of a property, inside a newly built commercial building, in the center of Smyrna (in the Alsancak area of Konak Municipality), next to the Holy Temple of Saint Fotini, where, the Office of the Metropolitan of Smyrna and the Services of the Holy Metropolis of Smyrna will be housed.
The Holy Diocese of Smyrna and Metropolitan Bartholomew publicly expressed their warmest thanks and gratitude to Mehmet Bastiyali and his family, for this great donation.
In conclusion, the Metropolis of Smyrna also announced that the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate also expressed their satisfaction and gratitude to the great benefactor of the Holy Metropolis of Smyrna.