While the impact of entrepreneurship on innovation, job creation or economic growth is important, explaining the reasons for the desire to become an entrepreneur at the individual level and the associated facts may provide an important contribution to understand the processes of entrepreneurship. In this study, entrepreneurship motivation is examined in order to develop a more detailed understanding of entrepreneurship processes. Based on the basic assumption that motivation sets individuals into motion, 589 entrepreneur candidates participating in KOSGEB Applied Entrepreneurship Trainings were interviewed face-to-face and entrepreneurship motivation of entrepreneur candidates was explained. In the study, the findings on the relationship between economic,entrepreneurial,social, workandindividualismdimensionsofentrepreneurship motivation in terms of selected variables such as income, gender, experience and education were discussed and interpreted.According to the research findings, it is found that men have higher motivation than women in terms of social and work attitudes. Those who have experience in entrepreneurshiphavemoreindividualisticmotivationthanthosewithoutentrepreneurship experience. Those whose income level is higher are more motivated in social motivation dimension. Entrepreneurial candidates who have higher income levels also have higher level of individualistic motivation than other income groups and non-income groups. Entrepreneur candidates with lower levels of education have been found to be more motivated than those who are highly educated in both entrepreneurial and economic motivation dimensions.