It implies the UK license is far superior to a Turkish one and yet it's good enough for the first twelve months!
Its nothing against Turkey Nichola, this ruling applies to ALL non EU or EEA licences.
JF
EDIT: Sorry, there are exceptions namely Andorra, Australia, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Hong Kong, Japan, Monaco, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, Zimbabwe.