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thought-provoking

 
 
/ˈθɔːtprəˌvəʊkɪŋ/ adjective

Translation

making you think a lot about a subject
düşünmeye sevkeden; düşündüren
a thought-provoking book/film10971062
(Definition of thought-provoking adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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