When the Mechanical Turk was crated in Austria the country had been nearly conqu...

When the Mechanical Turk was crated in Austria the country had been nearly conquered by the Ottomans less than 80 years previously: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vienna

The name was meant to inspire dread in those playing against it, much like how you know shit has gotten real when you have to fight robot Hitler in an American game.