Trump travel ban denies US history: Turkish deputy PM

The United States is a country formed by immigrants, says Veysi Kaynak

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey's deputy prime minister said Wednesday that with U.S. President Donald Trump’s order banning entries from seven majority-Muslim countries, America is denying its own history and heritage.

"The United States is a country formed by immigrants, it formed its history like that. [The decision] amounts to a denial of its own history," Veysi Kaynak told Anadolu Agency’s Editors’ Desk in Ankara.

Trump signed an executive action last week that effectively denies entry to immigrants from seven "terror-prone" countries.

Kaynak said the ban on particular countries is out of sync with the values of the modern world.

"The modern world is built on democracy, human rights, freedom and the rule of law," he added.

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