2012, no applications can be submitted, in which the government aims to settle this issue permamenetly on a legally sound basis and prevent future legal difficulties involving the European Court of Human Rights. Demographics of Greeks in Istanbul The Greek community of Istanbul numbered 67,550 people in 1955. However, after the Istanbul Pogrom orchestrated by Turkish authorities against the Greek community in that year, their number was dramatically reduced to only 48,000. Today, the Greek community numbers about 2,000 people. Notable people Patriarch Bartholomew I (1940): current patriarch of Constantinople. Born in Imbros as Dimitrios Arhondonis. Elia Kazan (1909-2003): American film director. Born Elias Kazancıoğlu in Istanbul Archbishop Elpidophoros of America (1967): current archbishop of America. Born in Bakırköy, Istanbul as Ioannis Lambriniadis. Patriarch Benedict I of Jerusalem (1892-1980): Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1957 to 1980. Born in Bursa as Vasileios Papadopoulos. Gilbert Biberian (1944): guitarist and composer. Born in Istanbul from a Greek-Armenian family. Chrysanthos Mentis Bostantzoglou (1918-1995): cartoonist known as Bost, born in Istanbul. Thomas Cosmades (1924-2010): evangelical preacher and translators of the New Testament in Turkish. Born in Istanbul. Patriarch Demetrios I of Constantinople (1914-1991): patriarch of Constantinople from 1972 to 1991. Born in Istanbul. Antonis Diamantidis (1892-1945): musician. Born in Istanbul. Savas Dimopoulos (1952): particle physicist at Stanford University. Born in Istanbul. Aleksandros Hacopulos (1911-1980): politician, member of Grand National Assembly twice Violet Kostanda (1958): former volleyball player for Eczacıbaşı and the Turkish National Team. She was born in Istanbul from a Greek-Romani family. Her father Hristo played football for Beşiktaş. Minas Gekos (1959): basketball player and coach who played mainly in Greece. Born in Kurtuluş district of Istanbul. Patroklos Karantinos (1903-1976): modernism architect. Born in Istanbul. Kostas Kasapoglou (1935-2016): footballer player, once capped for the Turkish National Team. Born in Istanbul, he was known with his Turkishized name Koço Kasapoğlu. Konstantinos Spanoudis (1871-1941): politician, founder and first president of AEK Athens. Born in Istanbul, was forced to relocate to Athens. Antonis Kafetzopoulos (1951): actor. Born in Istabul moved in Greece in 1964. Michael Giannatos (1941-2013): actor. Born in Istanbul moved in Greece in 1964 Kostas Karipis (1880-1952): rhebetiko musician. Born in Istanbul. Nikos Kovis (1953): former Turkish football international. Born in Istanbul. Lefteris Antoniadis (1924-2012): Fenerbahçe legend and member of the Turkish national football team. He was born in Büyükada island near Istanbul and was known in Turkey as Lefter Küçükandonyadis. Ioanna Koutsouranti (1936): philosopher