Franklin reportedly enjoyed the game with the Turk and was interested in the machine for the rest of his life, keeping a copy of Philip Thicknesse's book The Speaking Figure and the Automaton Chess Player, Exposed and Detected in his personal library.
Franklin dikabarkan menikmati permainannya dengan Turk, dan tertarik dengan mesin tersebut selama sisa hidupnya, serta menyimpan sebuah salinan buku buatan Philip Thicknesse berjudul The Speaking Figure and the Automaton Chess Player, Exposed and Detected di perpustakaan pribadinya.