TurboTax asks you about a foreign financial account because this is a reporting requirement of the IRS. People with foreign bank accounts have to report the fact on their tax return.
And if these accounts have balances over $10,000 at anytime during the year, they have a file a FBAR (Foreign Bank account report)
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