Crosses with TRY tend to trending more often and offers very nice movement for intraday trading.

I've never tried trading such exotic currencies, to be honest.

I avoid trading these exotic pairs as well because it could be really challenging to track and project the demand and supply trends for distant nations, additionally there could be high fluctuations during period of political uncertainties

Some time ago I was also avoiding them due to a bit higher trade expenses, but then I noted they tend to create nice trends and are really nice for day trading even for longer period. The movement are also great and TRY crosses are not so slow. Another opportunities are the moments when is appropriate to buy TRY for the nice swap during the rollover and specially Thursday's triple swap.
Nevertheless, every body have found something fitting to his way and type of trading

The traders who fancy TRY should be excited and slightly fidgety as on 24th of June 2018, Turkey will be holding a General Election. This most probably will result in heightened market volatility and illiquid markets. Some brokers are raising their margin requirements to ensure better protection against any risk associated with this event.

As challenging as such exotics might be, they have their fair share of fans among swap hunters, and for a good reason

With the upcoming presidential elections in Turkey I wouldn't recommend trading the TRY until after the results come out.

reasonable advice, indeed.

In the Turkish presidential election, the country’s authoritarian leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan won a new term in office again, securing an outright majority of 52.5% in the first round - nothing changes out there.

And with the transition to full presidential country he will have even more control and power in his hands. Let’s see if it’s for good or not. I am skeptical.