Skype Abroad - No Wifi and No Data Roaming

I will be going on a trip to Turkey in a few weeks, and I am trying to understand if I can make calls with the Skype app on my Droid without a wifi connection and with data roaming turned off. I thought I read somewhere that Skype has it's own 3G network or some other method that I can use to make calls with the Skype app. I would be buying Skype credit in advance. Is what I am saying possible?
My goal is to be able to use Skype to make phone calls without wifi and without getting charged for data roaming by cell phone carrier. Thank you for your help.

Sure, I know about SGO.
The poster was asking how he can use Skype app abroad, without roaming charges, without any internet connection. This is not possible, unfortunately.
If we are talking about SGO usage in Turkey, this won't work either, as there are no local SGO numbers there.
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