Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern has raised issues of security for Irish tourists during a visit to Turkey today.
During this afternoon's meeting Mr Ahern met with the Turkish foreign minister Abdullah Gul.
Following the meeting Mr Ahern said: "What they [Turkey] have guaranteed is that they will be increasing dramatically police patrols, they will be cancelling police leave in the resorts, they will be making security checks on tour operators, and they will be increasing airport security and checkpoints".
"The attacks to the civilians in London, in Iraq or anywhere in the world should be controlled and condemned by the wider world," Mr Ahern added.
Mr Gul, assured tourists that Turkey has taken all necessary security measures following the weekend's bomb attack.
"The Turkish government has taken all necessary security measures for its citizens and for tourists," Mr Gul said.
He vowed to maintaining the fight against terrorism and said tourists should not hesitate to visit Turkey.
Mr Ahern had been scheduled to visit the country in his capacity as UN special envoy for a series of bilateral meetings on UN reform. However, the agenda was broadened following the bomb attack in Kusadasi on Saturday.
The bomb attack killed 17-year-old Tara Whelan (left), from Kilmeaden, Co Waterford, and four others.
Ms Whelan's body was flown home to Ireland last night. Her remains arrived in Cork Airport at 8pm and were brought to Cork University Hospital. After a postmortem this afternoon her body was released for burial tomorrow afternoon.
Earlier, Mr Ahern acknowledged there was a growing fear of Muslim states among people in the West which affected Turkey's chances of accession to the EU.
"It is the case that it does raise serious questions, the entry of Turkey into the EU, but the EU has been accommodating in that it has laid down the conditions and it's now up to them," he said.
"You saw the reaction that French voters and to a lesser extent the Dutch voters (in the EU referenda) had - there was an element of anti-Turkish voting in the vote in France particularly.
"But the whole aspect of trying to get Turkey into the EU is to bridge the gap you're seeing between the Muslim state and the western world," he told RTÉ Radio.
The Minister is also scheduled to visit Cyprus and Greece.