Coşkun Aral (born May 1, 1956) is a Turkish war correspondent, photojournalist, television journalist and documentary film producer.

[3] Aral gained recognition by the international press with the photos he shot during the Taksim Square massacre incident occurred on May 1, 1977, the Labour Day in Istanbul.

From then on, he continuously worked in the most conflict-ridden parts of the world such as Lebanon, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Northern Ireland, Chad and Far East.

Archived photos of him showing the political violence in Turkey before the 1980 Turkish coup d'état were published in the cover of Newsweek and L'Express as well as in many other news magazines.

[3] In 1986, Coşkun Aral entered additionally into a career as a television war correspondent taking part in the news show of 32.