Derek Turner (born 1964 in Dublin, Ireland) is the editor of the influential British conservative magazine Right Now, and a freelance journalist .

Turner's writings have been translated into 12 languages. He has written for a wide range of journals, including The Times, Literary Review , Salisbury Review, and The Sunday Telegraph, and writes regular articles for the US magazine Chronicles and the German newspaper Junge Freiheit . He has also taken part in debates at Cambridge and Durham Universities and spoken at many conferences in the UK and overseas.

Previously his career had included time spent in the merchant navy and in the Irish Naval Service, as well as many odd jobs. While serving in the armed forces, he attracted controversy when he was discovered to have been leader of a small nationalist group, the Social Action Initiative , contrary to military regulations, but was cleared of compromising naval security.