It depends on the wattage of the bulb. The higher the watts, the farther it can be from the turtle. Of course you will want to be sure it's far enough away so the turtle can't touch it and get burned! But get it as close as it can safely be.

I have 2 boxies and 2 water turtles. After I discovered this, I lowered all of their lamps. It really made a big difference! The boxies were healthy, but now their colors are much brighter!

Natural sunlight is best though. If you can get your turtle an outside pond, where he could bask or swim whenever he wanted, that would probably help too.
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1.0.0 eastern box turtle
1.0.0 Yellow belly slider
0.1.0 Red belly cooter
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3.2.0 children (do I still count the married ones?)
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