Hey, soon I'll have a vacation/business trip in Turkey. I'll be there for a month. I play a lot of poker and after reading the Gambling Laws of Turkey I got quite concerned (Online Poker is completely banned and even being a customer, not organizer, can cost you a fortune in terms of fines, though, so far, there hasn't been a single case of fining a poker player according to the article I read). But, thankfully, right after reading about all the bans of Online Poker Sites it said that you can use a loophole such as VPN which I'm no stranger to. I've talked to my poker room support that told me that they have nothing against using VPNs as long as it's me (so they won't ban my account or confiscate my funds). I still feel uneasy about playing poker there, so I thought maybe there is somebody from Turkey or a foreigner who's played there before. Have you ever had any problems? Do these laws even affect me, since I'm not a citizen of Turkey but pretty much just a tourist? Do you have any additional advice for me? And for people who know VPNs better than me, if I use it throughout the entire poker session: I turn it on before logging in and turn off after logging out - is there any chance that the government can possibly find out that I played poker?
Thanks to everyone in advance for your help. I REALLY appreciate it.
P.S. Yes, I am really paranoid.

I'll leave this post here since it does relate to poker laws, but I suggest that you also post in the Other Topics/Travel forum. You are much more likely to get a response there.

Not every poker site online will be happy if you use a VPN; they might even ban you. You will be allowed to play at some (global) sites even without one (download the software before you go or use some site for it). Not sure if Turkey tracks IPs (EU doesn't, USA can, or it might not show you playing). Your money traffic could get tracked, and later the site (or your banking) might cooperate with Turkey.

Live poker is there, but as usual, the rake isn't Vegas level. Taxes (maybe not deducted or even exist in Turkey, but there might be some paper work, but I don't know, and not tax free for the EU players, counting out the UK as they don't pay taxes).