After Lonergan left Preston to join Leeds United, Turner signed a one-year contract with Preston on 29 July 2011. On 27 August 2011, Turner scored his first ever career goal in the 86th minute of a league match against Notts County, sending a long ball bouncing over the head of his opposite number Stuart Nelson. Turner suffered an injury to his foot on 3 November 2011. Preston then signed a new goalkeeper from Germany, Thorsten Stuckmann, who kept Turner out of the first team when he returned from injury. Turner was loaned to Dunfermline Athletic in January 2012, but this contract was cancelled after he suffered an injury in training. In May 2012, Turner was released from the club after being told his contract would not be renewed.