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Like this
but with a sharp or flat above it. How is it played? Which note should I sharp or flat?

It varies.

It depends on several things, including the key signature, any sharps and flats that might be before it, and context.
And taste! (Sometimes you have choices.)


Edit: I missed the part about "with a sharp or flat above it." (Maybe you added it later? Or was I just blind?)

The other posts give better answers for that.

Normally, as a turn is the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again, if a flat or sharp is added above it it would mean that either a flat or a sharp is added to the note above the one indicated, but the final result depends on other things too, like MC said, so we would have to see it in its proper context.

so basically the accidental just affects the note above the original note?

In this case yes. There are also accidentals below turns by the way (affecting the note below the original one).

when would this be the case?

When you see a sharp or flat below the turn sign.
(That's what she meant.)

oh, so thats how I know where I should place the accidental. by looking at where the accidentals are placed

Exactly!

I had the joy of discovering those while playing Mozart.

I'm asking because of a piece by Mozart also
though I don't remember that name of the piece.

Haha.

I was playing the second movement of Mozart's 21st Concerto in C Major at the time.He favored them in that piece