[2] The Scotland under-21 international, also capped at under-16 and under-18 level, has spent time gaining experience on loan at Chester City[3] (where he won a Conference National championship medal in 2004), Doncaster Rovers, Wycombe Wanderers[4] and Crystal Palace.

[5] Turner found national fame when he was sent off after only nine minutes during his Premier League debut for the Toffees against Blackburn Rovers, after picking up a header from one of his own defenders, Alan Stubbs, outside the penalty area.

His arrival at the club sparked an upturn in form,[8] and he helped them to avoid defeat in each of the eleven games in which he played during his loan spell.

[13] 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.

[16] Turner was loaned to Dunfermline Athletic in January 2012,[16] but this contract was cancelled after he suffered an injury in training.