I can't find a translation for 'turnabout' in the standard Esperanto sources, and Google Translate throws up its hands at it.
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2I think it would be helpful to clarify what the English word means because I don’t think it’s very common and it has a few different meanings in Wiktionary. If you just want the sense of “to turn around” maybe returniĝi would work? – Neil Roberts♦ Nov 20 '18 at 17:07
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That's what I was going to go with. – EulerSpoiler Nov 20 '18 at 17:12
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2Can you please give more context? The translation will depend heavily on what surrounds it. – Andrew Woods Nov 21 '18 at 9:23
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Google Translate is not a good source to check. I would recommend the annotated dictionary at esperanto.me. For "Turn about is fair play" it lists ĉiu laŭ sia vico. For other meanings of "turnabout", I would suggest using a thesaurus and checking those words in the annotated dictionary.
http://www.esperanto-me.org/dic/index.php?english=!turn+about+is+fair+play
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Based on the comment saying that the intended meaning is “to turn around”, I suggest returniĝi. It appears in PIV with the following definition:
returniĝi. turni sin en kontraŭa direkto
And here is an example of it being used in this sense from the book Marta:
Tion dirante, li leviĝis kaj kun etenditaj brakoj rigardis la forirantan virinon.
— Fratino! — li ekkriis ankoraŭ unu fojon, — Mario! ha, ne forlasu min!
Mario ne returniĝis kaj estis jam apud la pordo de la antaŭĉambro.
