in 2012, the pro-kurdish, feminist peoples' democratic party (hdp) was founded. in its program, it calls itself a "women’s party" and promises a women's ministry to address gendercide and institutional gender discrimination. it has female and male co-chairpersons for all levels of responsible and representative office. the hdp entered the 2015 parliamentary elections with feminist (as well as lgbt) candidates. the success of the hdp in the june 2015 election was hailed as "revolutionary" in the international press, with "the guardian" asserting that "until the arrival of the hdp, there has never been a party recognising that women have struggled to assert their rights throughout turkey’s history."