 Although Islam had little public importance among the secular Turkish Americans who arrived in the United States during the 1940s to the 1970s, more recent Turkish immigrants have tended to be more religious.Since the 1980s, the wave of Turkish immigrants has been quite diverse and have included a broad mixture of secular and religious people.Thus, due to the diversification of Turkish Americans since the 1980s, religion has become a more important identity marker within the community.