Paul Osam's side produced a competitive display without really extending their impressive opponents.
"We're disappointed to lose. You can accept when teams beat you with high quality goals but the two goals we gave away today were very soft. The first one was a mistake and the second one was from losing a man at a corner. Those type of goals are preventable," said Osam."For the rest of the game we limited them. They didn't create a huge amount of chances. We'd worked very hard both in meetings, on the pitch and through the use of the tactics board to show the players since the first game how we could be harder to score against.
"I felt that we limited the number of chances they had so we were effective from that perspective. The players responded well to the tasks that we set for them.
"In fairness we did not create a lot ourselves but that's international football. These are games are difficult to play in. We created some half-chances late on.
"Overall I think the players did well. The results of these games won't have a profound effect on the players' careers but the things they'll have learned will have much greater impact on their careers.
"The players now know the level you have to get at in terms of fitness and pace of the game from this level of the game. I'm happy that they've learned a lot."
After participating in the Victory Shield competition before Christmas, the Irish U16s will now be looking towards the UEFA Development Tournament in Hungary next month.
"The Victory Shield is great as it helps the players get used to a tournament-based situation which is helpful in preparation for the UEFA U17 Championships Qualifiers next season," said Osam.
"However the players and opposition you play in the Victory Shield is closer to what our players are used to in terms of style of play, technical ability, pace of the game, fitness and physique of the opposition when you meet Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
"Players need to be exposed to opponents like we've faced this week and we know this. The Development Tournament will expose the players to another Hungary, Slovakia and Austria. They may have different styles than Turkey. That'll be great for the players to be exposed to different types of opponents and that'll stand to them ahead of the UEFA qualifiers next year also."
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Tom Murphy, Cian Lee, Ryan Burke, Jordan Doherty, Dominic Peppard, Jack Connolly, Richie O'Farrell, Ronan Manning, Ruari Patton, Cameron Moore, Rowan Roache. Subs: Aaron Bolger for J Connolly 48 mins; Aaron Connolly for Patton 48; Conor Coventry for Manning 58; Cian Hughes for Roache 58; Luke Nolan for Moore 75.
