hi... sounds like the question is more about the importance of breaking the Enigma Code than Turing personally, yes? There have been several good discussions in here on both, so if you're interested in more search on any/all of Turing, Bletchley, Enigma, Imitation Game. Anyway, let's get started:

a quick intro

• What was the process of cracking the Enigma code at Bletchley Park?

what was going on in there anyway

• How accurate is 'The Imitation Game'? - follow links to more posts

• How historically accurate is the film The Imitation Game?

importance to the war

• The movie "The Imitation Game" makes the claim that the Bletchley Park cryptologists shortened the war by two years and saved 14 million lives. How accepted are those numbers, and how were they calculated?

• Did the enigma machine as shown in "The imitation game" really have as large an influence on WWII as the movie shows? - again, note links to other posts - click 'em!

• How important was the cracking of the enigma code to the war effort? Is it over/understated?

• How much did the breaking of Enigma matter during WWII - and how much did the British sacrifice to keep their secret safe?

importance to technology

• There's a movie about Alan Turing coming up (The imitation game). As a Swede I know more about Arne Beurling. Beurling's achievements are rarely tatlked about but when reading, they seemed quite impressive. Did Turing do more (or better) than Beurling?

• How did Bletchley Park impact the development of computers?

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Related question: I've seen people here suggest that it's up for debate whether he actually committed suicide. Can someone go into more detail around the circumstances of his death?

Are you asking this because you feel that the media has over blown his status or because you want an AskHistorians answer?