He spent a significant part of his childhood, including first two years of high school, in Crikvenica.

in film studies from the New York University Graduate School of Arts and Science in 1976, on a Fulbright Program grant.

[5] Since 1977, Turković taught at the Academy of Dramatic Art, University of Zagreb, retiring in 2009 as full professor.

[1] Turković served as an editor in a number of journals and magazines: Polet (1967–1968), Studentski list (1969–1971), Prolog (1971–1974), Pitanja (1975–1976), Film (1976–1979), Oko (1989–1990), Hrvatski filmski ljetopis (1995–present).

He is the editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedic Film Dictionary (Croatian: Filmski enciklopedijski rječnik), a work started in 2010 by the Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography in Zagreb.