The lessons of Thursday's defeat by Israel weren't adhered to as more bad defending saw the Republic of Ireland under-16s bow out of their UEFA qualifying tournament on Saturday morning.

Despite a better all-round performance from Ireland, a soft goal from Can Ulun gave the Turks the lead on 66 minutes and Ireland never recovered, conceding another goal to Birkan Budak.

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND (4-4-2): Roche (Notts Forest); Hudson (Notts Forest), McDermott (Man Utd), Shevlin (Notts Forest), van Zanten (Tolka Rovers, capt); Cash (Notts Forest), Field (Arsenal), Lester (Everton), O'Flynn (Wimbledon); Larkin (Wolves), Doyle (Blackburn). Subs: Cawley (Leeds Utd) for O'Flynn (half-time); Robinson (Middlesbrough) for Doyle (54 mins); McNamara (Notts Forest) for Larkin (65 mins).

TURKEY (3-5-2): Ozturk; Aras, Yilmaz, Yavuz; Evren, Ayaz, Glatt, Cicek, Ata; Kuru, Budak. Subs: Ulun for Kuru (half-time); Bastan for Cicek (54 mins); Al for Aras (72 mins.).

Referee: M Benes (Czech Republic).