There's a ferry going to Mersin/Eastern Turkey. That would save you many kms. just driving to get there. From Mersin it isn't very far to the Iranian border. Roughly 1,000 kms.
I felt quite safe with my German registered bike. But make sure you keep out of any political discussions  Being (still) an EU country I reckon there shouldn't be any difference between UK and German regos. Although I felt that the Turk secret service didn't like the Germans for current political reasons. At every road block there were regular police in uniform and two or three scruffy looking civilians who most certainly were secret service guys.
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