Statement:
An average person in Turkey drinks more alcohol than in United Kingdom

In the Alcohol average daily consumption rating Turkey holds position #8 2016 out of 189 and United Kingdom is #79 out of 189 2016.
Position of Turkey is worse than position of United Kingdom.
Turkey is leader of the "Alcohol average daily consumption" rating. So people in Turkey are more likely to experience problems related to the consumption of alcohol in social, healthcare, and economical areas, compared to United Kingdom

Referencies:

  1. Alcohol average daily consumption 2016 by WHO
    The countries in the rating sorted by 'Both sexes' in descending order.
    Turkey 'Both sexes' value is 61.7
    United Kingdom 'Both sexes' value is 33.7