Koksal Alver (Turkish: Köksal Alver) is a Turkish author who was born in Narman, a town and district of Erzurum, Turkey in 1970. His works primarily concern cultural dynamics, sociology of space and rural sociology. He is also an recognized expert in sociology of literature as a subfield of the sociology of culture. His literary works are inspired by traditional Ottoman poetry, which he composes in his own narrative styles.