HIRISTIYAN AVRUPA’NIN CADILARINDAN SINEMANIN MASUMLARINA DÖNÜŞÜM (NETFLIX FILMLERI ÖRNEĞI).

The subject of the article is to highlight how the idea of witchcraft in Christian Europe is depicted as a reflection innocence, by means of cinema, in the example of Netflix movies. The subject is limited to Netflix’s original productions of the series such as Cursed and Luna Nera and the movie Akelarre. These films are sufficient in terms of both understanding the subject and revealing Netflix’s point of view. The main purpose here is to reveal the meaning attributed to witchcraft in the Christian Europe and to reveal the transformation of this understanding into innocence through cinema. In the study, based on historical background, witchcraft in Europe and its relationship with Christianity are discussed. In the film analysis, it is aimed to develop an interpretation based on the comparison between what happened past in Europe and its fictional reflection in the cinema. During the witch hunt in Europe, the Church opposed witchcraft, because it was thought that witchcraft would harm the society, for this reason, the Church assumed an attitute with the instinct of protecting the public, causing devastating results and deaths. By revealing the innocence of the criminals, the cinema expresses this sin of the past that the Church could not change and activates the confession mechanism. Thus it wishes to make possible the confession and innocence of the Church today. Netflix, the broadcaster platform of the three productions selected as samples in the study, on the one hand, tried to reveal the innocence of people who were described as witches, and on the other hand, engaged in an act of confession for the Church. As a result of the messages to be given here, the Church tried to be acquitted together with the witches and it was aimed to strengthen the ties with the modern people (viewer) who tended to move away from religion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]