| Official Name: | Turjak |
| Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Lower Carniola |
| Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Central Slovenia |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Velike Lašče |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.3 |
| Population As Of: | 2018 |
| Population Total: | 205 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Coordinates: | 45.878°N 14.6098°W |
| Elevation M: | 519.5 |
| Postal Code: | 1311 |
| Footnotes: | [1] |
Turjak (in Slovenian pronounced as /tuˈɾjaːk/; German: Auersperg[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Velike Lašče in central Slovenia. The entire municipality is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]
Turjak is best known as the location of Turjak Castle, a large 13th-century castle, greatly rebuilt in the early 16th century, one of the best-known and best-preserved castles in all of Carniola.[4]
The ruins of a smaller and older castle known as stari grad Turjak 'Old Turjak Castle' stand on a rocky promontory above the Želimlje Valley. It was probably built by the end of the 11th century and was the original residence of the Auersperg family, predating the better-known castle just to the southeast.[5] [6]