MK. Assoicaites has been incharge of various hospital services in auditing, supervision and project management of five hospitals in Iraq, and three radiotherapy centers. This job was assigned to MK associates by Universal Acarsan, a leading Turkish based company in construction and healthcare services, headed by the chairman of the Board Mr.Salim Acar with the main office in Gaziantep and one in Istanbul. The 400 beds Teaching hopspitals are located in five governates in Iraq with a potential for 200 beds expansion with a buildable area of 70000 m2 for each hospital. These hospitals are located in Basrah, Karbarla, Nasiriya, Amara and Hilla, the other three radiotherapy centers are located in Basrah, Anbar, and Hilla with a total buildable area of 3000 m2 each. Construction started in 2010 and is expected to finish in 2013. Mk associates has 110 staff members working on this project among them 56 architects, engineers, and project managers distributed in Turkey, Baghdad and Amman.