This report summarizes the preliminary findings of field investigation studies  performed after Van-Tabanlı Earthquake (Mw=7.1). The intention of the 

reconnaissance studies was to retrieve perishable field data. The most attention was given to the compilation and documentation of geotechnical and earthquake engineering related case history preliminary assessment report, field case histories of  highway landslides, rock falls, seismic soil liquefaction-induced lateral spreading and settlement, sand boils will be documented along with performance assessments of  two earthfill dams, Kockopru and Sarımehmet located within  50 and 25 km of the epicenter, respectively. The route followed during the field investigation studies is adopted as the natural flow of the presentation of case histories.